Addle-head
(n.) Alt. of Addle-pate |
Chimney
(n.) A fireplace or hearth. |
Chimney
(n.) That part of a building which contains the smoke flues |
Chimney
(n.) A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion. |
Chimney
(n.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein. |
Chimney-breast
(n.) The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built |
Chimney-piece
(n.) A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace. |
Cittern-head
(n.) Blockhead |
Cowl
(n.) A monk's hood |
Cowl
(n.) A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilating shaft, etc. |
Cowl
(n.) A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive. |
Cowl
(n.) A vessel carried on a pole between two persons, for conveyance of water. |
Cubbridge-head
(n.) A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship. |
Dead
(a.) Deprived of life |
Dead
(a.) Destitute of life |
Dead
(a.) Resembling death in appearance or quality |
Dead
(a.) Still as death |
Dead
(a.) So constructed as not to transmit sound |
Dead
(a.) Unproductive |
Dead
(a.) Lacking spirit |
Dead
(a.) Monotonous or unvaried |
Dead
(a.) Sure as death |
Dead
(a.) Bringing death |
Dead
(a.) Wanting in religious spirit and vitality |
Dead
(a.) Flat |
Dead
(a.) Not brilliant |
Dead
(a.) Cut off from the rights of a citizen |
Dead
(a.) Not imparting motion or power |
Dead
(adv.) To a degree resembling death |
Dead
(n.) The most quiet or deathlike time |
Dead
(n.) One who is dead |
Dead
(v. t.) To make dead |
Dead
(v. i.) To die |
Dead beat
() See Beat, n., 7. |
Dead-eye
(n.) A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard |
Dead-hearted
(a.) Having a dull, faint heart |
Dead-pay
(n.) Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls. |
Dead-reckoning
(n.) See under Dead, a. |
Dead-stroke
(a.) Making a stroke without recoil |
Death's-head
(n.) A naked human skull as the emblem of death |
Dragon's head
() Alt. of Dragon's tail |
Feather-head
(n.) A frivolous or featherbrained person. |
Giddy-head
(n.) A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment. |
-head
(suffix.) A variant of -hood. |
Head
(n.) The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs |
Head
(n.) The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object |
Head
(n.) The place where the head should go |
Head
(n.) The most prominent or important member of any organized body |
Head
(n.) The place or honor, or of command |
Head
(n.) Each one among many |
dead-man's float
prone float | a floating position with the face down and arms stretched forward |
delusion
illusion
head game | the act of deluding, deception by creating illusory ideas |
| dead reckoning | navigation without the aid of celestial observations |
oral sex
head | oral stimulation of the genitals, they say he gives good head |
| Office of the Dead | an office read or sung before a burial mass in the Roman Catholic Church |
self-gratification
head trip | the act of satisfying your own desires and giving yourself pleasure |
| head | a single domestic animal, head of cattle |
barn swallow
chimney swallow Hirundo rustica | common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc. |
chimney swift
chimney swallow Chateura pelagica | American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys |
head louse
Pediculus capitis | infests the head and body of humans |
death's-head moth
Acherontia atropos | European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull |
moonfish Atlantic moonfish
horsefish
horsehead
horse-head
dollarfish Selene setapinnis | any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies |
ax head
axe head | the cutting head of an ax |
blind alley
cul de sac
dead-end street
impasse | a street with only one way in or out |
| chimney | a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building |
| chimney breast | walls that project out from the wall of a room and surround the chimney base |
chimney corner
inglenook | a corner by a fireplace |
| cowl | a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk) |
cul
cul de sac dead end | a passage with access only at one end |
| cylinder head | a detachable plate that covers the closed end of a cylinder chamber in a reciprocating engine or pump |
| dead-air space | an unventilated area where no air circulates |
| dead axle | an axle that carries a wheel but without power to drive it |
| dead load | a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself |
drumhead
head | a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum |
golflub head
club head
club-head
clubhead | (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball |
| head | a projection out from one end, the head of the nail, a pinhead is the head of a pin |
| head | (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship |
| head | the striking part of a tool, the head of the hammer |
| head | (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head, call heads or tails! |
head covering
veil | a garment that covers the head and face |
| head gasket | a gasket to seal a cylinder head |
| head gate | a gate upstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the upper end |
| headrest head restraint | a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash |
| head shop | a shop specializing in articles of interest to drug users, he bought some roach clips and hashish pipes at the head shop |
hood
bonnet cowl
cowling | protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine, there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars, the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine |
lamp chimney
chimney | a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp |
| magnetic head | an electromagnet (as on a tape recorder) that converts electrical variations into magnetic variations that can be stored on a surface and later retrieved |
morgue
mortuary
dead room | a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation |
Pitot-static tube
Pitot head
Pitot tube | measuring instrument consisting of a combined Pitot tube and static tube that measures total and static pressure, used in aircraft to measure airspeed |
read
write head
head | (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk |
rotor head
rotor shaft | the axis around which the major rotor of a helicopter turns |
sluicegate
sluice valve
floodgate
penstock head gate water gate | regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice |
| Turk's head | an ornamental knot that resembles a small turban |
| valve-in-head engine | internalombustion engine having both inlet and exhaust valves located in the cylinder head |
egotism
self-importance
swelled head | an exaggerated opinion of your own importance |
| dead weight | a heavy motionless weight |
dead center
dead centre | the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque |
head register
head voice
head tone | the higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing, the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head |
start
head start | the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race), with an hour's start he will be hard to catch |
dead hand
dead hand of the past
mortmain | the oppressive influence of past events or decisions |